Seven Last Words

In 1786 Franz Joseph Haydn received a commission for a work celebrating Good Friday, for the service at Oratorio de la Santa Cueva (Holy Cave Oratory) in Cádiz, Spain. Haydn produced seven slow movements, each modeled after one of the seven storied utterances of Christ on the cross. The profoundly moving work is accompanied by Bach’s transcendent Cantata accepting the reality of death with peace of heart and mind.

Join us for a pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 3:30 PM in the Rose Studio. Tickets $10, $8 for concert ticket holders.

Program

Bach
Cantata Ich habe genug, BWV 82 (1727)

HaydnThe Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross for String Quartet, Op. 51 (1786)

Performance Details

This event will take place at Alice Tully Hall. Please click here for more information on the venue.

Performance Length
1 hour, 45 minutes

Join us for a pre-concert lecture with Michael Parloff at 3:30 PM in the Rose Studio. Tickets $10, $8 for concert ticket holders.